Mustang: A Lost Tibetan Kingdom
Michel Peissel
Book Faith India, 1992 (Indian ed)
Rs 600

Foreigners were forbidden to enter Mustang and very little was known about its people and civilisation till Peissel received permission to stay there for a long period in 1964. Warmly received by the king, the author, who speaks Tibetan, visited the great castles, many monasteries, the lonely hermitages and remote villages of Mustang. His book has been hailed as a milestone in the history of Himalayan exploration and the understanding of Tibetan culture.